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4 Wild Gene Roddenberry Sci-Fi TV Projects That Had Nothing to Do With Star Trek

He’s first and foremost the Star Trek guy, but the creative mind of Gene Roddenberry—born this week in 1921—also ventured far beyond the voyages of the Enterprise. A quartet of awesomely bizarre TV projects he made in the years between Star Trek and The Next Generation offers fascinating proof of this. Roddenberry, a military vet…

Movies Cheryl Eddy

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Tom King’s ‘City of Bane’ Just Devastated the Batman Family

Tom King’s “City of Bane” arc that’s been playing out in the pages of his current Batman run is a story about Bruce Wayne resisting villains who are attempting to crack his mind and take Gotham City for themselves. It’s the sort of fight Bruce’s become accustomed to during his years operating as the Dark…

Books & Comics Charles Pulliam-Moore

The First Reactions to It Chapter Two Are All Over the Map

The fall movie season stars on September 6 with the release of highly anticipated horror sequel It Chapter Two. Though that’s still over two weeks away, Warner Bros. has begun screening the film for critics. Screenings mean social media reactions, and while lots of people don’t put faith in that kind of early buzz, we…

Movies Germain Lussier

Spider-Man Showdown: Sony Releases an Official Statement to Clarify Its Disney Relationship

Sony has released an official response to the recently reported news that Disney and Sony reached an impasse on its Spider-Man partnership, calling many of the stories “mischaracterized” and squaring much of the blame on Marvel Studio president Kevin Feige’s workload. In a rare public statement, Sony released a thread on Twitter late last night…

Movies Beth Elderkin

Updates From Black Panther 2, Hawkeye, and More

Some intriguing updates on the Disney+ Hawkeye series. A new look at some freshly-costumed Titans and their Big Bad next season. A familiar face will return for Supernatural’s final season, plus Lobo may live to ride again. Spoilers away! 355 Jessica Chastain’s all-star spy thriller co-starring Lupita Nyong’o, Penélope Cruz, Fan Bingbing, Diane Kruger, and…

Television James Whitbrook

The New Ad Astra Trailer Amps Up Brad Pitt’s Space Angst

As Brad Pitt’s Major Roy McBride ventures into deep space in James Gray’s upcoming space thriller Ad Astra, the famed legacy astronaut’s mind is pushed to its limits both by the unknowable darkness he literally finds himself surrounded by and the metaphorical darkness about his father’s past actions that might have jeopardized all life in…

Trailers Charles Pulliam-Moore

Cannon Busters Is a Completely Fine Anime With a Theme That Absolutely Slaps

There’s one big problem with Netflix’s push to secure itself as a home for anime, be it exclusive shows like Ultraman or big-name acquisitions like Neon Genesis Evangelion: Netflix pioneered the ability to skip intro sequences as you binge-watch a series. It’s an idea almost antithetical to the soul of anime itself, a medium known…

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HBO’s Room 104 Is Back and It Looks Genre as Hell

The beauty of HBO’s show Room 104 is that it can be anything. Every episode tells the story of what happens over time in a single hotel room as all kinds of people walk through it. Any genre is possible. Now, season three of the show is coming and, in the new trailer, you can…

Trailers Germain Lussier

Netflix’s The I-Land Trailer Conjures Up the Scariest Thing of All…the Fyre Festival?

Netflix has released the first glimpse at The I-Land with a teaser clearly designed to rip on the announcement trailer for the failed Fyre Festival—even though the limited series doesn’t look to be about that at all. Either way, something tells me this island getaway has bigger problems than disaster relief tents and bologna sandwiches.…

Trailers Beth Elderkin

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Marvel Miniatures, a New Dungeons & Dragons Class, and More Tabletop Gaming News

Welcome back to Gaming Shelf, io9’s regular column all about the latest in tabletop games and roleplaying news. Gen Con may have come and gone, but we’re still getting some great announcements and cool campaign expansions. This includes a brand-new class for Dungeons & Dragons, an arena board game where you play as the audience…

Games Beth Elderkin

Being a Latchkey Kid Is Horrifying in the First Antlers Teaser

Never let it be said that Guillermo del Toro doesn’t know how to keep himself almost inhumanly busy dreaming up nightmarish works of art people will gladly flock to theaters and pay hand over fist to see. One of the latest projects he has a hand in, supernatural horror film Antlers, has a new trailer…

Movies Charles Pulliam-Moore

Lana Wachowski Is Helming The Matrix 4, With Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss Returning

Time to grab your pleather pants and hack into some robots, because The Matrix is back, baby. Variety has revealed that The Matrix co-creator Lana Wachowski will write and direct a fourth film in the series, with original series stars Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss set to return as Neo and Trinity. Warner Bros. Picture…

Movies Beth Elderkin

Report: Spider-Man Will No Longer Be Shared by Marvel and Sony [Updated]

Huge news in the world of superheroes. Deadline reports that Disney and Sony have come to a stalemate in regards to Spider-Man and that Marvel Studios, along with its president Kevin Feige, will no longer be producing Spider-Man films. This comes after Spider-Man: Far From Home, which is being re-released in a few weeks, became…

Movies Germain Lussier

Surprise, That Amazing Saga Collection Is Out Tomorrow

Earlier this year, while also announcing that Saga would officially end after 108 issues, Image Comics revealed a gorgeous, humongous collection of all 54 issues of Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples’ beloved sci-fi epic, representing exactly one half of the tale so far. It was meant to be out in October. Then, it was…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

Issa López on the Horrors of Tigers Are Not Afraid, Her Haunting Festival Breakout Film

Tigers Are Not Afraid is a fairy-tale nightmare that takes place in a world that’s all too real. As a drug war rages around them, a group of orphans band together in a part of Mexico City that’s become a ghost town—meaning empty and deserted, but yes, also haunted by angry spirits. Since its 2017…

Movies Cheryl Eddy

Daniel Craig’s Next Bond Movie Finally Has a Title: No Time to Die

The age of just calling it “Bond 25” is over. It’s time for, err, well, No Time to Die. The title of the long-in-the-making return to James Bond for Craig—and his final one in the role he took over since 2006’s Casino Royale—was officially revealed on social media today, as well as a new release…

Movies James Whitbrook

Thanks, Endgame, Now Spider-Man: Far From Home Is Doing Its Own Weird Theatrical Re-Release

If Disney can get away with bringing Avengers: Endgame back to theaters with a few things ripped from the eventual Blu-ray release, why not Spidey? Sony has announced it’s re-releasing Spider-Man: Far From Home in theaters with a special “extended cut” that features a whopping…four extra minutes of footage. And we have a good guess…

Movies Beth Elderkin

Refreshed Nintendo Switch Teardown Shows What You Need to Know Before You Upgrade

About a month ago, Nintendo announced a hardware revision for the Switch featuring significantly longer battery life. Now, those refreshed Switch consoles are hitting stores, so naturally, the enterprising folks at iFixit decided to crack open a refreshed Switch to see what’s changed and figure out how Nintendo increased the Switch’s battery life. However, before…

Games Sam Rutherford

A New Dark Crystal Featurette and Images Highlight the Tremendous Talent Behind Thra

It takes a village to create a world. A new behind-the-scenes video takes a look at the voice actors, writers, and puppeteers working to bring The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance to life—as well as reflect on coming back to an iconic fantasy story after almost 40 years, and how to make it shine. Netflix…

io9 Beth Elderkin

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An Exclusive First Look at the Next Wave of Comixology Originals

San Diego Comic-Con only gave us a small snifter of what was to come out of Comixology’s latest round of creator-owned comics series—but io9 can exclusively reveal four more titles coming to the digital retailer’s line of original books. io9 is excited to reveal that the next wave of Comixology Originals will kick off next…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

4 Wild Gene Roddenberry Sci-Fi TV Projects That Had Nothing to Do With Star Trek

Tom King’s ‘City of Bane’ Just Devastated the Batman Family

The First Reactions to It Chapter Two Are All Over the Map

Spider-Man Showdown: Sony Releases an Official Statement to Clarify Its Disney Relationship

Updates From Black Panther 2, Hawkeye, and More

The New Ad Astra Trailer Amps Up Brad Pitt’s Space Angst

Cannon Busters Is a Completely Fine Anime With a Theme That Absolutely Slaps

HBO’s Room 104 Is Back and It Looks Genre as Hell

Netflix’s The I-Land Trailer Conjures Up the Scariest Thing of All…the Fyre Festival?

Marvel Miniatures, a New Dungeons & Dragons Class, and More Tabletop Gaming News

Being a Latchkey Kid Is Horrifying in the First Antlers Teaser

Lana Wachowski Is Helming The Matrix 4, With Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss Returning

Report: Spider-Man Will No Longer Be Shared by Marvel and Sony [Updated]

Surprise, That Amazing Saga Collection Is Out Tomorrow

Issa López on the Horrors of Tigers Are Not Afraid, Her Haunting Festival Breakout Film

Daniel Craig’s Next Bond Movie Finally Has a Title: No Time to Die

Thanks, Endgame, Now Spider-Man: Far From Home Is Doing Its Own Weird Theatrical Re-Release

Refreshed Nintendo Switch Teardown Shows What You Need to Know Before You Upgrade

A New Dark Crystal Featurette and Images Highlight the Tremendous Talent Behind Thra

An Exclusive First Look at the Next Wave of Comixology Originals

Tesla Goes Ahead and Admits Its Robotaxis Are Sometimes Fully Human-Controlled

School Forced to Replace Toilets After Kids Flush Vapes

‘Scream 7’ Just Won’t Stop Making Money as ‘Scream 8’ Gets Started

The Curtain Has Closed on Meta’s Movie Rating-Inspired Content Filters

Good News! You Can Finally Change That Ridiculous Gmail Address

ExpressVPN Just Launched ExpressAI: Your Prompts Are Now Invisible

VR Just Took Another Massive Body Blow

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